toyota hybrids

A million here, a million there. Sooner or later, those numbers add up. Toyota announced today it has sold over four million hybrids around the world since introducing the first Prius in Japan all the way back in 1997. Sales were slow, at first, but the pace is now picking up. For example, it ...

Toyota has its work cut out for it to reach a hybrid sales goal recently elucidated by "top executives" who told Automotive News that the goal for North America is 400,000 units a year by 2015. Well, that's a possible goal, at least, should everything go right. In 2010, Toyota sold just under ...

Shortly after a huge earthquake shook Japan March 11th, most automakers on the island nation ceased operations. Yesterday, Toyota restarted limited production of the Prius, Lexus HS250h and CT 200h hybrids. Paul Nolasco, a spokesman for Toyota, couldn't confirm whether the automaker's supply ...

Soon after the quake rattled Japan on March 11th, automakers across the nation halted production. Finally, there's a bit of good news flowing in on the production front. Toyota will resume limited production of the Prius, Lexus HS250h and CT 200h hybrids March 28th. With new parts coming in from ...

Toyota is banking on an expanded lineup of hybrid vehicles to return the company to profitability in Europe. By the end of 2013, the Japanese automaker will launch ten additional gas-electric models in Europe, including a hybrid ...

If this year's Detroit Auto Show hasn't convinced you that automakers are increasingly fond of alternative energy vehicles, then perhaps you missed out on the numerous hybrids and plug-ins that took to the stage. In Detroit, ...

Overall, Toyota reported a 5.5 percent decrease in year-on-year sales for the month of December and a drop in annual sales in 2010 of 0.4 percent compared to 2009. However, many of the automaker's hybrid models bucked the declining trend ...

Despite the fact that many of its competitors are racing to introduce lithium-ion-powered gas-electrics, Toyota appears content to stick with NiMH batteries for its conventional hybrids. Toyota, the worldwide hybrid sales leader, ...

Alex Severinsky is a Russian man who came to the United States in 1978. He graduated from Ukraine's Kharkiv University of Radioelectronics in 1967 before moving on to an Electrical Engineering Ph.D. from Moscow's Institute for Precision Measurements in Radioelectronics and Physics in 1975. That's ...

Early last year, rumors about a low-cost hybrid model from Toyota circulated around for some time. The rumormill almost came to a halt when the Yaris was unofficially declared as the platform scheduled to receive Toyota's ...